Four A-10 Thunderbolt II Warthogs were at Maxwell Air Force Base supporting a joint terminal attack controller exercise being conducted near Savoy, Alabama, Jan. 21, 2015. They were working in cooperation with the 23rd Special Tactics Squadron and an AC-130H Spectre to deliver the best training possible for the JTACs in calling in strikes on the ground. The training and working relationship benefits all parties when they deploy to combat zones and have to perform the same operations against real-world targets. In addition, the A-10s are conducting flight operations within Maxwell’s flight pattern to increase the 42d Operations Support Squadron’s Air Traffic Controller training supporting A-10 aircraft mixed with the complexities of other aircraft such as the C-130 Hercules and the Cessna 182 Skyline all in Maxwell’s flight pattern at the same time. The differences in speed and size within Maxwell's airspace provides the training controllers benefit from and is solid preparation for controlling diverse aircraft in airspace of different sizes while deployed in combat zones. The A-10s came to Maxwell due to its proximity to Savoy and the training opportunities within Maxwell’s flight pattern. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman William Blankenship/Cleared)

Alan Johns, 42nd Operations Support Flight contractor, washes pollen from a F-105D Thunderchief static display at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 4. Contractors from the 42nd OSF wash the 12 static displays on Maxwell and Gunter Annex twice a year to enhance the appearnce and prevent corrosion from forming on some of the nearly 20 year old displays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Voss)

Alan Johns, 42nd Operations Support Flight contractor, washes pollen from a F-105D Thunderchief static display at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 4. Contractors from the 42nd OSF wash the 12 static displays on Maxwell and Gunter Annex twice a year to enhance the appearnce and prevent corrosion from forming on some of the nearly 20 year old displays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Voss)

Alan Johns, 42nd Operations Support Flight contractor, washes pollen from a F-105D Thunderchief static display at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala., April 4. Contractors from the 42nd OSF wash the 12 static displays on Maxwell and Gunter Annex twice a year to enhance the appearnce and prevent corrosion from forming on some of the nearly 20 year old displays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Michael Voss)

Maj. Gil Griffin, cousin of pilot Randy Ball and an ACSC student, washes the MiG-17F before its trip from Maxwell-Gunter to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb. The MiG had been at Maxwell since the March air show. (Air Force photo/Carl Bergquist)

Chief Master Sgt. Lynn Whited drives a tractor into a 908th Airlift Wing C-130 aircraft Monday that is headed for the Dominican Republic. A member of the 908th’s 25th Aerial Port Squadron, Chief Whited loaded the tractor and several other items acquired by Daystar Baptist Missions to be used for humanitarian relief in the Dominican Republic. Lt. Col. Jerry Lobb, 908th public affairs officer, said the cargo was being flown “space available” in accordance with the 1985 Denton Amendment, named after U.S. Sen. Jeremiah A. Denton of Alabama. The Denton Amendment allows nonprofit, charitable organizations access to unused cargo space on Air Force aircraft for humanitarian aid, Colonel Lobb said. He added transportation of the cargo is a “by-product” of mission training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lt. Col. Jerry Lobb)

An “old war bird” was dedicated Monday when a ceremony for Air Force Pave Low #69-5785, or 785, was held at Maxwell’s Air Park. The static display at the corner of Ash and Twining Streets commemorates the Airmen who flew the helicopters first assigned to the Air Force in 1970. Retired Chief Master Sgt. Wayne Fisk, a pararescue jumper who flew on 785 many times, told the audience about the aircraft and his association with it. On the right, Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, Brig. Gen. Tom Trask of Air Force Special Operations Command, Col. Kris Beasley, 42nd Air Base Wing commander, and Maj. Brian Roberts, who flew 785 on her last flight, listened to Chief Fisk’s speech. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

Maxwell personnel get a closer look at the Air Force's newest jet, the F-22 Raptor, after a practice flight Tuesday. The F-22 Demonstration Team was at Maxwell this week for the National Security Forum and did one of 16 demonstration flights the team will conduct this year. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

Workers mount the rotors on a new addition to Maxwell’s Air Park. The MH-53 Pave Low helicopter is scheduled to be dedicated June 8 at the park. The aircraft comes to Maxwell from the 20th Special Operations Squadron with its last mission served in Iraq. The aircraft was involved in the May, 1975 assault on Koh Tang Island following seizure of the U.S.S. Mayaguez and its crew by Cambodian Khmet Rouge forces, and was the last helicopter to leave Cambodia as it carried out the last load of Marine guards from the American embassy in Phnom Phen in Operation Eagle Pull. It is also thought to have conducted the first operational Pave Low mission of "low-level, long-range and undetected penetration into denied areas" when it rescued a priest who crashed his light aircraft on a snow-covered mesa breaking his ankle. The park was originally proposed in February, 1982 by then Air University Commander Lt. Gen. Charles Cleveland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jamie Pitcher)

Transportation was arduous in remote areas of Alaska as shown by this Blackhawk helicopter during Operation Arctic Care. Despite the weather, helicopters were used by two members of the 42nd Medical Group who participated in the exercise. (Courtesy photo)

A view of the monument photographed at night shows the sculpture of Orville Wright at the flyer’s controls. The monument was dedicated Sept. 18, 1985, during a large ceremony that included rides in a flying model of a 1917 Wright Brothers aircraft. (Air Force photo by Donna Burnett)

Staff Sgt. Erik Stant, HQ Air University, directs a CH-47 Chinook helicopter as it picks up a “sling load” during a joint exercise Jan. 15 on landing zone Alpha at Maxwell. The exercise involved the Army helicopter and crew from Fort Rucker working with Maxwell’s fire fighters and active-duty and Reserve personnel. (Air Force photo by Melanie Rodgers Cox)

Two of more than 20 Army helicopters prepare to leave the Maxwell flight line after an overnight stay at the base Jan. 9. The aircraft were en route from Fort Bragg, N.C., to the Army’s Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk, La. Maxwell Air Force Base is used on a regular basis by aircrews not assigned to the base for a variety of purposes to include re-fueling and lodging. (Air Force photo by Jamie Pitcher)

SH-60B Seahawks line up on the Maxwell Air Force Base flightline Aug. 20. Based at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., nearly three dozen Seahawks and 157 personnel flew to Maxwell for shelter from Tropical Storm Fay. (Air Force photo by Donna Burnett)

Seaman Sean Sadler, a helicopter mechanic from Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron Light 42, works on the rear rotor of a Navy SH-60B Seahawk on the Maxwell flightline Aug. 20. Based at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., HSL-42 aircraft and personnel flew to Maxwell for shelter from Tropical Storm Fay. (Air Force photo by Donna Burnett)

SH-60B Seahawks line up on the Maxwell Air Force Base flightline Aug. 20. Based at Naval Station Mayport in Jacksonville, Fla., nearly three dozen Seahawks and 157 personnel flew to Maxwell for shelter from Tropical Storm Fay. (Air Force photo by Donna Burnett)